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In Democratic Radio Address, Reid Looks Forward to Progress in 110th Congress and Change in Iraq (Popularity:  )
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delivers this week's Democratic Radio Address, looking forward to Democrats' plans to move America forward in the 110th Congress. Last November, the American people voted for change -- nowhere more so than in Iraq. With President Bush reportedly considering a surge in troop levels in Iraq, Democrats are calling on him to change course, begin the phased redeployment of American troops, and end our nation's ...
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Sudan Protects and Welcomes Aid Groups (Popularity: )
The following release was issued today by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan:Sudan acknowledges the expulsion of some 13 organizations operating under the guise of Humanitarian Aid groups. A lot of fuss has been made of the security measure we've taken, particularly by those interested in distorting reality. These reports have conveniently omitted the fact that there are over 150 foreign groups in the country currently delivering humanitarian ...
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Democrat Kucinich Accuses Republican Huckabee of Ethnic Profiling for Political Gain (Popularity: )
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Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich today accused Republican candidate Mike Huckabee of using the tragic assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to create anti-Pakistani fears in the U.S. and to advance his own discriminatory immigration policies. "I know I'm not running against Mike Huckabee," said Kucinich, who is campaigning in New Hampshire, "but his remarks were so outrageous and so representative of the scare tactics and fearmongering policies of ...
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Missile Defense Community Shifts Away from European Third Site in Poland and the Czech Republic (Popularity: )
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Riki Ellison, president and founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) was in Alabama this week and had the opportunity to reflect on and analyze the views of the U.S. missile defense community as they gathered in Huntsville, Alabama.This week in Huntsville, Alabama was a gathering of the highest ranking U.S. military generals who directly oversee missile defense with the U.S. industrial base that develop and produce all the ...
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Kucinich to Meet with Syrian President on First Leg of Middle East Fact-Finding Tour, Peace Initiative (Popularity: )
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U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democratic Presidential candidate, will meet tomorrow (Sunday) with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of a Middle East peace initiative and fact-finding tour to several countries over the next five days. In the meeting with President Assad, Kucinich is expected to discuss approaches to dealing with the continued violence and instability in Iraq, as well as to discuss the Baker Hamilton report to the ...
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Amnesty International Charges That Vast Humanitarian Crisis is Looming With More Than Three Million Iraqis Displaced (Popularity: )
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Amnesty International today warned that the Middle East is on the verge of a massive humanitarian crisis unless the European Union, United States and other countries take urgent and concrete measures to assist the more than three million people forcibly displaced by the conflict in Iraq. In a briefing released in advance of an international conference being convened by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, April ...
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Thousands of Amnesty International Student Activists Launch National Week of Action to Close Guantanamo (Popularity: )
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Thousands of Amnesty International student activists from more than 1,600 high school and college campuses nationwide will sponsor events next week -- Monday, March 31, through Friday, April 4 -- calling on the U.S. government to close down the U.S.-controlled detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The events are part of Amnesty International USA's 11th annual National Week of Student Action during which activists raise public awareness of a pressing ...
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Open Solutions Alliance Releases 2009 Member Predictions (Popularity: )
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The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving interoperability and adoption of comprehensive open solutions, today announced the results of its 2009 Predictions Survey, which polls high-ranking open source business executives on their forecasts for the year ahead.The OSA survey results point to new opportunities and challenges for the commercial open source software industry. OSA members remain optimistic that the industry will continue its worldwide growth, ...
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Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on April employment numbers (Popularity: )
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Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the April 2010 Employment Situation report released today:"This past April, the economy gained 290,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent."This is a remarkable change from when the administration took office. In April of 2009, we lost 528,000 jobs. Our economy has added jobs in five of the last six months, and we are seeing growth ...
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Jewish Groups Welcome Presbyterians' Move Toward Balance (Popularity: )
Delegates to the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have taken an important step forward, acknowledging that its congregations, members, and associated bodies should not "over-identify" with either party in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but should instead strive to serve as "nonpartisan advocates" for peace and compromise. The church also decided against new motions for divestment from various companies operating in Israel, and called for a comprehensive two-year study ...
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